MUMBAI: Why are bicycles, which don't pollute, take up little space, are cheap and have virtually no maintenance cost, not a popular mode of travel in Mumbai? According to activists and cycling enthusiasts, the reasons are a mindset that favours motorised vehicles and a lack of infrastructure to promote cycling in the city.
Pune Whether he wins or loses, Pune can hope to be a lot more green if Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the Lok Sabha constituency, D S Kulkarni, keeps his word. He has promised a tree for each vote he gets.
Mumbai They are a motley bunch of senior citizens fighting for a cause dear to their heart-to give a fresh lease of life to the over-a-century old Powai lake. The Powai Senior Citizens
Mumbai Just as nephrologists were beginning to believe that the organ transplant programme was gaining momentum-considering a splendid performance in the first month of the year by the city
In this forested district in Vidarbha, tribals and their needs are neglected by political parties Rahi Gaikwad Chandrapur `Ministers only speak of issues like building a road or doing small favours; the larger issues have never been addressed ,
Khadi has strayed from its objective of providing a livelihood to artisans in rural areas. For preserving the ethos of khadi, rather than just tinker with the existing system a restructuring of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission is necessary. The potential of khadi needs to be exploited for its inherent worth rather than be supported for charity.
Pune On Thursday, the BEE and Prayas Energy group conducted a day-long seminar among stakeholders on the successful implementation of the recently announced 'Bachat Lamp Yojana' scheme by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).
Mumbai With the city reeling under the threat of an acute water shortage in the coming months, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is appealing Mumbaikers to bank on the ancient technique of rainwater harvesting.
Mumbai A 12-year-old white tigress at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park
MUMBAI: If you want to save GenNext from the hazards of climate change, enlist the support of youngsters, starting today. That's scientist and Nobel Laureate R K Pachauri's latest mission as he looks to schools across the country seeking to turn students into green ambassadors.
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has asked the BMC to furnish a list of 28 trees that are to be hacked for the Nepean Sea road widening project. A division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud have also asked the corporation to submit a list of the 46 trees that have gone "missing'' from the road over the last few years.
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will receive Rs20 crore in lieu of carbon credit from the Asian Development Bank. The BMC earned its carbon credit from the Gorai dumping ground, which becomes the first garbage dump in the country to earn 'carbon credits'. The BMC sold it to recover the money it spent on closing the dumping site.
Mumbai A sessions court rejected a plea moved by the state government to enhance a fine of Rs 2,000 imposed on a person who had chopped off 31 trees and 38 shrubs in Chembur area in 2001. The court observed that there was
Mumbai A large belt of mangrove forest on the western bank of the Thane Creek has received a new lease of life after the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee suggested steps to preserve and develop it on Wednesday.
Mumbai The closure of the 25-year-old dumping ground at Gorai creek in Borivli has earned the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Rs 27 crore by trade of an estimated 31,033 tonnes of carbon credits a year. The Asian Development Bank has agreed to purchase the carbon credits from the civic body at a cost of 12 Euros per carbon credit till 2014 and has made the payment for 50 per cent.
Mumbai In the last two years, at least seven doctors working in the 1,000-bedded Sewree TB Hospital were infected with tuberculosis. It is little wonder that only 27 of the 50 posts for medical professionals are now filled in the city
MUMBAI: All those who commenced construction on forest land between June 22, 2005-when the Bombay high court passed its judgment on the forest land case-and June 22, 2006, may get relief from the Supreme Court. The Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) of the SC plans to recommend to the apex court "extension of relief" to residents and builders by a year.
MUMBAI: While the BMC plans to transplant 73 trees on Nepean Sea Road, experts say only 21 trees will survive transplantation, that is, if proper protocol is followed. In recent reports, the BMC has said it will increase the number of trees transplanted from 57 to 73 along Nepean Sea Road, which is being widened.
MUMBAI: The much-awaited Nano, launched in the city on Monday, has caught the fancy of taxi owners who are increasingly seeing this as the ideal car to bail out thousands who are forced to replace the old kaali-peeli Premier Padmini. With the government order to phase out taxis older than 25 years, the Nano couldn't have come at a better time, say many taxi owners.
New Delhi: On March 28, when Delhi turns its lights off at 8.30 pm, the Dilli Haat at INA will come alive. Not with the usual blaze of lights but soft candle lights and solar lanterns.
